All planning
authorities are required to produce and publish
an Authority Monitoring Report (AMR).

The requirement for a
local authority to produce an Authority
Monitoring Report is set out in Section 113 of
the Localism Act 2011. The report should cover a
period of no more than 12 months.

The Greater Manchester
Minerals Plan provides the planning framework
for minerals across the ten Greater Manchester
Authorities.Monitoring of this report is currently
undertaken by the Minerals and Waste Planning
Unit on behalf of AGMA. The Monitoring Report
for this plan forms part of each individual
district monitoring reports.

The National Planning
Policy Framework (NPPF), published in March
2012, introduced a requirement for Mineral
Planning Authorities (MPAs) to plan for a steady
and adequate supply of aggregates by preparing
an annual Local Aggregate Assessment (LAA).

This should be
based on a rolling average of 10 years sales
data and other relevant local information and an
assessment of all of the supply options
(including marine dredged, secondary and
recycled sources).

The guidelines specify
that this can be done either individually or
jointly by agreement with another or other
mineral planning authorities.

The Association of
Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA), the
Merseyside authorities, including Halton
(working through Merseyside Environmental
Advisory Service (MEAS)) and the unitary
authority of Warringtonhave
chosen to work together by collaborating in the
production of a LAA.